Etymology

taimen

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Today it means: A species of salmon (Hucho taimen), living in Siberia. Full definition →

Russian тайме́нь ← zle-mru таймень ← zle-ono таимень
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The story

  1. Finnish · derived fromtaimen“Salmo trutta”
  2. zle-ono · derived fromтаимень
  3. zle-mru · derived fromтаймень
  4. Russian · derived fromтайме́нь“Hucho taimen”
  5. English todaytaimen

From Russian тайме́нь (tajménʹ, “Hucho taimen”), from Middle Russian таймень (tajmenʹ), from Old Novgorodian таимень (taimenĭ), from Finnish taimen (“Salmo trutta”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.